Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The fifth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar.
- noun The springtime of life; youth.
- noun The celebration of May Day.
- Cape,A peninsula of southern New Jersey between the Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Bay. The southern tip forms Cape May Point.
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- proper noun The fifth
month of theGregorian calendar , followingApril and precedingJune . - proper noun The
hawthorn or its blossoms (as it blooms in May) - proper noun A female
given name , pet name forMary andMargaret , reinforced by the month and plant meaning. - proper noun A
surname .
Etymologies
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Promoted to Headline (H3) on 2/20/09: Obama's 'Seven Days in May' Moment yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Obama\'s \'Seven Days in May\' Moment '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Article: The current Republican strategy appears to be to hobble the Obama administration out of the gate, have it stumble forward through a deteriorating economy and collapse before the 2010 and 2012 elections, enabling the GOP to retake control of the government.
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Promoted to Headline (H2) on 10/16/08: Meet the Protester Who 'May Have Received a Minor Injury' at the Hofstra Debate yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Meet the Protester Who \'May Have Received a Minor Injury\' at the Hofstra Debate '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Article: The mainstream media play down the fact that 10 of the 15 protestors arrested at last night\'s debate were Iraq veterans.
Meet the Protester Who 'May Have Received a Minor Injury' at the Hofstra Debate 2008
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Theresa May sorry for the unintentional pun here may be the Tory MP for Maidenhead, but Teresa May* on the other hand is a UK porn star.
Archive 2006-04-01 Kerron Cross 2006
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Theresa May sorry for the unintentional pun here may be the Tory MP for Maidenhead, but Teresa May* on the other hand is a UK porn star.
Theresa May, But Teresa Definitely Would. Kerron Cross 2006
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[June appears at the further end of the garden, coming slowly towards May, who, seeing her, exclaims] _May.
Poems Christina Georgina Rossetti 1862
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May -- that being the day on which Theseus had intercepted the duel, -- then the entry into Athens of the rival companies would take place on {203} (Sunday) the second, and the sacrifices and feasting on the _third of May_, the last of the Floralia.
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Minister Yukio Hatoyama reiterated Monday his government's intention to decide by May where to relocate the Futenma U.S. S.n. Inouye urges Japan to settle Futemma relocation issue by May+
WN.com - Articles related to Local Vote Could Decide Japan Base Issue 2010
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This passage might be read, "which is in this country in May:" _lequel commence en ces pays là est en May_.
Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 02 Samuel de Champlain 1601
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•May 11, Monday, and May 16, Saturday, 9: 30 a.m., healing Mass at Kamay ni Hesus;
Now What, Cat? 2009
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•May 25, Monday, and May 30, Saturday, 9: 30 a.m., healing Mass at Kamay ni Hesus (with another healing Mass at 5: 30 p.m., at the Graceland Estates, Tayabas, Quezon); and
Now What, Cat? 2009
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